System and device for elevating water by pneumatic pressured



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. O.'H.KEEN EY. SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR ELEVATING WATER BY PNEUMATIC PRESSURE.

Patented Feb. 7, 1893.

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Patented Feb. '7', 1893.

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. O. H. KEENEY. SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR ELEVAT'ING WATER BY PNEUMATIC PRESSURE.

Patented Feb. '7, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT HA'RL sn.KEEN OF MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin;

sysi nw, AND DEVICE toasty lime wATt BY.- NEU AT ICIPREISSU E;

srncmrcA'rron forming part of Letters Patent no. 491,116, dated February 7, 1 93.

, Application filed June 6, 1891. Serial llo. 3 96368. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

' Be it known that I, CHARLES H.KEENEY, of Milwaukee, in the county of. Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented new-and useful Improvements in the System and Devices for Elevating Water by -Pneum'atic Pressuremf which. the following is a descrip-. tion, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this specification. Y

My invention relates. ing compressed air,.water or gases, for raising-and forcing water through service pipes -in buildings or wherever the waterraised is to be used,.in such fmanner and under such,

constant pressure that the watermaybe drawn from the pipes toanamount desired at such times as required. v. z

Theinvention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of the devices hereinafter described and'claimed;

In the drawings, Flgure 1,is'a vertical sec-' tion of a portion of a two story building with cellar and well and my improved devices other parts being mechanism shown in Fig.2..

shown in connection and elevating the water.

cellar of thebuildingx A hand pump'K therewith. Fig. 2, is a side elevation, parts being broken away and in section, of the principal mechanism for utilizing the compressed air section of the same mechanism shown in Fig. 2, taken on line 3-3 thereof -1eoking; toward the right. Fig. .4, is a top plan view of the Fig. 5, is a detail in section on line 5 -5 of Fig. 4.

'A is a two story building'with cellar, and a wellB, for convenience shown as being in the cellar of-the building. Y

A reservoir 0 adapted for' holding compressed air is. for convenience located in the .con

'nected to the reservoir byfa pipe D'-,or a" windmill or steam'engine or other means-may be used to supply the reservoir-"with the requisite compressed air, water or gases. It may be supplied through a pipe D. The pipesD and D are provided with stop cocks L and L respectively .for closing. them when desired. a p

The device M for utilizing the compressed air and raising the Water from the well and forcing it through the service pipes is located at any convenient place, advisedly near the wellbut not in the water.

to devices for utiliz- 1 Fig. 3, is a vertical 1 the N leads from the. water inthe well to the device M, and a water eduction or service pipe Pleads therefrom through the buildingand 'An induction pipe is provided with faucets Oat desiredjlocalh ties. An air pipe Rleads from the reservoir C to the device M, which provided with a stop cock Q and a pressure regulator Q. a

.In the operative device M there are two receptacles or chambers S havingconvei'z or suitably curved sides and interposed; flexible diaphragms T secured. at their edges to the or chambers, conwalls of' the receptacles veniently by being placed between the walls P pe is advisedly and secured thereto by the bolting together. 5

of the two parts of the walls of the chambers. These diaphragms-divide the chambers rewater co'mpartmentU', chambers? S are phragms T of the two receptaclesare conrod V passing movably through air tight 7o spectively into anair compartment U and a The" receptacles or locatedrat a little distance; I from but opposite to each other andthe' diastufiingboxes therefor in the walls of thereceptacles S; The air'pipe R leads, through 8c 7 its branches B, into the air compartments U.

pipe R at the point where-it branches into the pip'e's R ,which' plug valve is arranged to open pipe adj'ustably secured by set screws turning in the sleeve against them.

The arm V is moved laterally by theshifting of the rod Vwith the. diaphragms, the arm being arranged to pass the axis or the valve W on the side opposite to the crank arm Y and theconn'ection of the arm V with the crank arm Y is such as to carry the connecting spring Y from one sideto the other of at. about the the axis ofthe plug valve W T reach. the

moment that the diaphragms A fourway plug valve-W is arranged in the R into one or the other of the pipes and at the same time'to open the pipe R not so, connected with the pipe R, to the'outer. air through the, port W". Theplugvalve W. I is provided with a crank arm Y the'outer end.

"block 01- sleeve Ti having apertures through which the rods V and V respectively pass and t'o'which they are alternately,

n "1 1' laterally ing of the valve W can be regulated and ad- 5 usted tothe limit of their vibration, whereby the plug valve is at that moment shifted by contraction of the spring and the passage from the pipe R is changed from one of the branches R to the other branch R, and the branch R theretofore open to pipe R is opened to the port W. By automatically phragms are vibrated under the force of the compressed air let alternately into the compartments U.

The water induction pipe N leads through the branches N N into the compartments U, and the pipe P leads by its branches P P from the compartments U. Each of the branches N and P is provided with a check valve K adapted to prevent the backward flow of Watertherethrough.

It will be understood that the air pump is adapted to fill the reservoir 0 with compressed air and that the compressed air from the reservoir 0 being admitted through the pipe R to the device M vibrates the diaphragms '1 whereby water is by suction drawn up from the well into the compartments U from which by the same action of the dlaphragms it is forced upwardly into the service pipe P, from which it may be drawn from time to timeas desired through the faucets O.

By adjustment of the arm V vertically in the block Tor by the adjustment of the block on the rod V or both, the shiftpossible or desired movement of the diaphragms.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secu reby Letters Patent is:

1. A device for elevating water, com prising two receptacles located opposite each other, flexible diaphragms therein dividing each receptacle into two compartments, a rod connecting the diaphragms and compelling the equal and concurrent movement thereof, induction and eduction water pipes leading to this, means the reservoir 0 is put in communication with the p y .a crank arm on the valve, compartments U alternately and the diaarm securedto and carried by the'diaphragmand fromnne-eompartment in each receptacle, said pipes being provided with check val'ves, induction and exhaust pipes leading to and from the other or air compartmentsof the receptacles, a four-way valve in the latter pipes arranged to open and close the pipes to a compartment and to the exhaust alternately, a valve-actuating connecting rod, and projecting therefrom in such manner as to'be carried thereby past the axis of the valve on the side thereof opposite to its crank arm, and a spring connecting the arm to the crank arm on thevalve, substantially as described.

2. A device for elevating water, comprising two receptacles located. opposite each other,

flexible diaphragms therein dividing each re 1 ceptacle into two compartments, a rod connecling the diaphragms and compelling the equal and concurrent movement thereof, induction and eduction water pipes leading to and from one compartment in each receptacle, said pipes being provided with check valves, induction and exhaust pipes leading to and from the other or air compartments of the receptacles, a four-way valvedn the latter pipes arranged to open and close the pipes to a compartment and to the exhaust alternately,

a crank arm on the valve, a valve-actuating arm secured to and carried by the diaphragmconnecting" rod, and projecting therefrom in such manner as to be carried thereby past the axis of the valve on the side thereof opposite to its crank arm, a block T adjustable on the diaphragm-connecting rod in which the valveactuating arm is adjustable transversely tothe diaphragm-connecting rod and a spring connecting the end of the arm to the crank arm on the valve, substantially as described. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' CHARLES H. KEENEY.

VVitnessesz' J OE J. KUHN, ANNA V; FAUST. 

